Unemployment rates in Southern US cities

Unemployment rates rose in more than two-thirds of U.S. cities last month, evidence that the slowdown in hiring last month was felt nationwide.

Here are unemployment rates in states and cities the South:

Metro Area Unemployment Rates, SouthUnemployment rates by state and cityFigures in percentagesMay 2012April 2012May 2011Alabama7.56.68.9Anniston-Oxford7.96.99.3Auburn-Opelika6.55.67.5Birmingham-Hoover6.85.98.2Decatur7.56.78.7Dothan76.28.1Florence-Muscle Shoals6.86.18.1Gadsden7.36.49Huntsville6.55.77.5Mobile8.57.69.9Montgomery7.66.78.8Tuscaloosa7.37.18.8Arkansas7.36.97.9Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers5.75.36.1Fort Smith7.77.38.3Hot Springs7.87.28.3Jonesboro76.57.6Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway6.76.26.9Pine Bluff9.28.710Delaware6.46.96.8Dover6.47.16.8Washington, D.C.98.310Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-Md.5.35.15.7Florida8.58.310.3Cape Coral-Fort Myers8.78.610.8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin5.95.76.9Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach8.78.610.6Gainesville6.76.37.3Jacksonville889.7Lakeland-Winter Haven9.29.111Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach8.78.310.7Naples-Marco Island7.87.59.6North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota8.48.310.4Ocala9.89.711.9Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford8.38.210.1Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville9910.7Palm Coast11.711.613.4Panama City-Lynn Haven7.87.89.4Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent8.17.99.3Port St Lucie109.911.8Punta Gorda8.78.710.4Sebastian-Vero Beach10.49.912.4Tallahassee7.26.77.9Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater8.68.610.6Georgia8.98.79.6Albany9.59.410.1Athens-Clarke County6.56.57.1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta8.68.59.5Augusta-Richmond County98.48.8Brunswick9.79.710.3Columbus8.78.48.9Dalton11.411.411.5Gainesville6.96.97.8Hinesville-Fort Stewart8.88.68.7Macon9.49.110.1Rome10.310.110.6Savannah8.48.48.5Valdosta8.48.18.9Warner Robins7.47.28Kentucky8.17.89.4Bowling Green76.87.9Elizabethtown7.67.68.2Lexington-Fayette6.56.27.8Louisville-Jefferson County8.17.89.6Owensboro6.66.38.2Louisiana7.16.47.2Alexandria7.16.46.9Baton Rouge7.16.47.3Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux5.14.45.5Lafayette5.14.55.8Lake Charles6.96.16.7Monroe7.777.5New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner7.26.47Shreveport-Bossier City76.26.6Maryland6.76.57Baltimore-Towson7.16.97.4Cumberland7.67.48Hagerstown-Martinsburg87.88.9Salisbury8.58.78.9Mississippi8.98.410.6Gulfport-Biloxi8.27.99.4Hattiesburg7.77.19.1Jackson7.16.78.1Pascagoula9.39.111North Carolina9.49.110.3Asheville7.67.48.3Burlington9.49.610.5Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill9.59.110.8Durham-Chapel Hill7.47.17.9Fayetteville9.89.49.9Goldsboro8.68.49.2Greensboro-High Point9.79.410.8Greenville9.89.210.9Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton10.910.512.5Jacksonville8.68.38.6Raleigh-Cary7.77.48.4Rocky Mount12.512.113.9Wilmington9.69.210.2Winston-Salem8.98.59.9Oklahoma4.84.45.9Lawton6.25.76.2Oklahoma City4.545.4Tulsa5.34.96.6South Carolina9.38.510.1Anderson9.28.29.7Charleston-Summerville7.978.4Columbia8.47.58.9Florence109.311.5Greenville-Mauldin-Easley878.5Myrtle Beach-Conway9.99.510.7Spartanburg9.58.510.4Sumter10.79.811.4Tennessee7.97.59.1Chattanooga7.47.18.3Clarksville8.48.29.8Cleveland8.27.99.2Jackson8.389.7Johnson City7.26.88.3Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol76.97.9Knoxville6.36.17.2Memphis8.88.49.9Morristown9.69.211Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro6.76.58Texas6.96.57.8Abilene5.75.36.3Amarillo4.84.45.3Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos5.85.56.6Beaumont-Port Arthur10.29.511Brownsville-Harlingen10.41011.6College Station-Bryan5.85.36.3Corpus Christi6.46.17.9Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington6.86.57.7El Paso9.38.810.2Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown6.96.58.1Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood7.67.17.9Laredo76.68.1Longview5.95.56.7Lubbock5.356McAllen-Edinburg-Mission10.810.111.8Midland3.83.54.3Odessa4.345.8San Angelo5.356.2San Antonio-New Braunfels6.66.27.2Sherman-Denison7.36.98.4Texarkana6.56.37.3Tyler6.86.47.3Victoria5.85.56.8Waco6.66.17.1Wichita Falls6.35.96.9Virginia5.55.46Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford6.35.56.9Charlottesville4.64.45Danville8.18.39.6Harrisonburg5.85.36.1Lynchburg6.36.16.9Richmond6.166.7Roanoke5.95.86.4Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News6.36.16.7Winchester5.75.56.3West Virginia7.36.97.8Charleston76.57.2Huntington-Ashland7.16.88Morgantown5.34.85.7Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna7.178.1Wheeling77.18.3